incautious

Example Sentences

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We’re a long way from those incautious days.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Even the animals are distinctive—especially Kōkī, the pet parrot who acts like a Shakespearean fool, squawking incautious truths to Tongan authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Still, it was an inappropriate, incautious statement from a Supreme Court justice who should have known better.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

He delighted in being candid, blunt, deliberately provocative and incautious.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Then there was a sigh, a rustle, a snap of one incautious twig, and the clearing of the giant lime tree was as empty as it had been before the days of man.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White